METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MINIMIZE FRACTIONATION OF FLUID BLEND DURING TRANSFER - Patent 1551707

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EP 1 551 707 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	13.07.2005 Bulletin 2005/28

(21)	Application number: 03764531.4

(22)	Date of filing: 11.07.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B64B 1/04, B65B 31/00, B65B 1/08, B65B 3/08, F17C 7/02, F25B 45/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/021763

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/007281 (22.01.2004 Gazette 2004/04)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

12.07.2002 US 395747 P

(71)	Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
	Morristown,New Jersey 07962-2245 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	RICHARD, Robert Hamburg, NY 14075 (US) VAN DER MAATEN, Henk NL-4844RC Terheijden (NL)

(74)	Representative: Hucker, Charlotte Jane
	Gill Jennings & EveryBroadgate House,7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MINIMIZE FRACTIONATION OF FLUID BLEND DURING TRANSFER